The Kādambarī of Bāṇa by Bāṇa and Bhūṣaṇabhaṭṭa
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"The Kādambarī of Bāṇa by Bāṇa and Bhūṣaṇabhaṭṭa" is a Sanskrit novel composed in the first half of the 7th century CE. This intricate romantic tale follows the hero Chandrapeeda and heroine Kadambari through multiple incarnations as humans, demigods, and animals. The story unfolds through nested narratives, largely told by a parrot recounting tales from a sage. With competing subplots and characters appearing in various forms, the novel weaves an elaborate path
toward the eventual union of its central lovers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bāṇa |
|---|---|
| Author | Bhūṣaṇabhaṭṭa |
| Translator | Ridding, C. M. (Caroline Mary), 1862-1941 |
| Title | The Kādambarī of Bāṇa |
| Alternate Title | The Kadambari of Bana |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81dambar%C4%AB |
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Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures |
| Subject | Reincarnation -- Fiction |
| Subject | Sanskrit fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 41128 |
| Release Date | Oct 21, 2012 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1353 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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